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Re: Off Side Penalty?

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Originally Posted by meaubry
Is there ever an advantage to not having a known deadbot even placed on the field at the start of the match?
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If the robot is dead and unable to even move, the only reason I can see is to allow both other live robots to be able to play defense during that 40 second time period. This requires the dead robot to be placed in the correct starting position so the team doesn't incur a penalty for being on the wrong side of the field.
There was something (a Q&A?) that said if an alliance could only field 2 robots, they would not be required to have a backbot. (The proof is left as a [search] exercise for the reader.)